Calar Alto housed the eighth edition of the NEON School of Observational Astronomy from the 17th to the 27th of June 2010. Sixteen astronomy students from different countries have shared ten days of intense work during which they have had hands-on experience about the observational techniques of modern astronomy, data handling and their scientific exploitation...

The largest Calar Alto telescope, equipped with one of its most outstanding instruments, will devote a significant part of its observing time during the next three years to an innovative and very promising study on the structure, motions and histories of galaxies in the local universe: the CALIFA survey. This project, recently approved, will celebrate its kick-off meeting in Almería in June 2010...